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San Juan Ecosystem Protection and Recovery Plan – Final June 29, 2017 1 San Juan Action Agenda Oversight Group Ecosystem Protection and Recovery Plan June 29, 2017 Credit and Acknowledgements We acknowledge the following entities for their support on and engagement in this project: • Puget Sound Partnership Leadership Council • Lummi Nation • Lummi Natural Resources Department • Swinomish Tribe • Tulalip Tribes • San Juan Marine Resources Committee • Salmon Recovery Lead Entity • San Juan County Council • San Juan County Community Development and Planning Department • San Juan County Health and Community Services Department • San Juan County Public Works Department • San Juan Islands Conservation District • San Juan Stewardship Network/ECO Net • Town of Friday Harbor • UW Friday Harbor Laboratories • Water Resources Management Committee This project has been funded in part by the United States Environmental Protection Agency under Assistance Agreement PSP Nos. 2015-08 and 2017-27 to San Juan County. The contents of this document do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the Environmental Protection Agency, nor does the mention of trade names or commercial products constitute endorsement or recommendation for use. San Juan Ecosystem Protection and Recovery Plan – Final June 29, 2017 1 Contents Executive Summary .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 4 Participants ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 7 Project Team ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 8 San Juan Ecosystem Protection and Recovery Plan Review and Approval ........................................................................................................................................... 9 1.0 Local Integrating Organization Overview ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 10 Vision for the San Juan Action Area ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 11 Ecosystem Protection and Recovery Plan Development and Decision Making Process ................................................................................................................ 11 Lessons Learned ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 13 Purpose of the Ecosystem Protection and Recovery Plan.............................................................................................................................................................. 14 Geographic and Cultural Context in the San Juan Action Area ...................................................................................................................................................... 14 2.0 Priority Components and Goals .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 19 Ecosystem Components and Goals ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 19 Human Well Being Components .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 25 3.0 Key Pressures in the ACTION Area ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 28 4.0 Ecosystem Recovery Context and Conceptual Models in the Action Area .................................................................................................................................. 29 5.0 Our Strategies and Actions ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 33 EPRP Strategies .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 33 Theories of Change......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 40 6.0 Gaps, Barriers and Needs ............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 51 7.0 Adaptive Management ................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 55 8.0 References .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 59 Acronyms ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 65 Appendices ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 66 San Juan Ecosystem Protection and Recovery Plan – Final June 29, 2017 2 List of Tables Table 1. Ecosystem Components and Goal …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….……19 Table 2. Human Well Being Components …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….25 Table 3. Pressures and Their Relationship to Ecosystem Components in the Action Areas …………………………………………………………………………………………..……..28 Table 4. Strategies Included in the San Juan Ecosystem Protection and Recovery Plan ………………………………………………………………………………………………….……34 Table 5. Summary of Theory of Change for Shoreline Hardening Strategies ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..41 Table 6. San Juan Action Area 2016 Near Term Actions Related to Shoreline Hardening Strategies …………………………………………………………………………………....42 Table 7. Summary of Theory of Change for Stormwater Management Strategies ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..43 Table 8. San Juan Action Area 2016 Near Term Actions Related to Stormwater Management Strategies …………………………………………………………………………….44 Table 9. Summary of Theory of Change for Freshwater Restoration Strategies …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...46 Table 10. San Juan Action Area 2016 Near Term Actions Related to Freshwater Restoration Strategies ………………………………………………………………………………47 Table 11. Summary of Theory of Change for Large Oil Spill/Vessel Traffic Impacts Strategies ………………………………………………………………………………………………49 Table 12. San Juan Action Area 2016 Near Term Actions Related to Large Oil Spill/Vessel Traffic Impacts Strategies …………………………………………………………..50 Table 13. Gaps and Barriers to Accomplishing Ecosystem Protection and Recovery in the Action Area ………………………………………………………………………………..51 Table 14 Sources of Monitoring Data Used for Adapative Management ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..57 List of Figures Figure 1. San Juan Islands Action Area …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………15 Figure 2. Protected Lands ……………………………......………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..………………18 Figure 3. “Salish Sea Carbon Corridor” Shipping Lanes …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..……31 Figure 4. Adaptive Management Cycle from Conservation Measures Partnership ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………55 San Juan Ecosystem Protection and Recovery Plan – Final June 29, 2017 3 Executive Summary The key goals of long-term planning for ecosystem protection • Result from a rigorous, defensible process that will and recovery are to: identify the highest priority protection and recovery strategies in each LIO area, thus helping to direct • Ensure that funding is targeted at the highest limited funding to where it will be most effective; priority local actions; and • Serve as a longer-term, durable strategic framework to • Coordinate protection and recovery actions across help develop local Near Term Actions for the Puget local areas and the region. Sound Action Agenda; and • Provide accounting
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